Total Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 45th lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Street (DY8 3XT) in the last 12 months was 9.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% lower than the Lye & Stourbridge North average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Street (DY8 3XT), the main crime hotspot is near A451. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wollaston & Stourbridge Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A451 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A451 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A451 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Western Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
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